Teachings of the Catholic Church - Questions     

Phillip E. Johnson, “The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism”

1. According to Johnson, what is really at stake in the debate over evolution?  Not science, primarily, but what?  In other words, what is the primary issue to which the science has become subservient.

Stephen M. Barr, “Untangling Evolution”

1. In the middle of his article, Stephen Barr asks the question: “Let us suppose not only that evolution ... is true, as I think the evidence shows, but that natural selection is a sufficient mechanism for it, which the evidence does not show.  What difficulties would that create for religious belief?”  What does Barr think?  Would that present a problem for Christian believers?

2. Later in his article, Barr states that, “What troubles most people about evolution is its application to human beings.”  According to Barr, what is really at issue here?

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